PATERSON — Alex Alicea, Paterson’s new fire chief, will be paid $225,000 per year, a salary that is significantly lower than what most members of the City Council say he should be getting. Council ...

Two parents and their three children were killed in a fast-moving fire at their Paterson home just hours after the block was filled with children trick-or-treating on Halloween night, officials said.

PATERSON — The woman knocking at the Paterson fire headquarters window was frantic. In her arms was her four-month-old daughter, who was choking. Her skin was turning blue from the lack of oxygen. On ...

PATERSON — The snowstorm that walloped New Jersey on Jan. 25 at one point threatened to undermine the city's emergency response operations. Ambulances were getting stuck in snowdrifts. Some side ...